Improvement in wash-boards



L. BURRILL.

1 WASH-BOA'RD. N0.17 Z',699. Patente'd Jan. 25, 1876.

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LEMUEL BURRILL, OF EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH'BQARDS..

specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,699, dated January25, 1876; application Iled January 14, 1876.

To all whom 'it may cmwern:

Be it known that I, LEMUEL BURRILL, of East Boston, in the county ofSuifolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wash- Boards; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing` is a full. clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being1 had to the accompanying' drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecitlcation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of my improved Washboard. Fig. 2 is a detached View of the metallic bar with bearingstherein for journals of the rollers.

Fig's. 3, 4, and 5 are detached Views.

My invention consists in certain novel features or improved constructionto prevent frietion from the end play of the rollers.

The general features of my Wash-board may be similar to otherWash-boards heretofore known. lu the side pieces A, Fig. l, I make agroove, and insert metal bars B, with grooves O for the hearings ot' thejournals D of the rollers E. At the ends of the rollers I insert a stripof sheet metal, F, for the ends of thejour' nals D to play against, andthus prevent the usual friction of the ends or shoulders of the wooclenrollers E against the side strips B. This strip of sheet metal is bestseen in Fig. 3.

As a more expensive moditication of this strip of metal F, I propose,also, to cast the bars B With a fiange, F', as shown in Fig. 4, which isa transverse section of the side piece but if the wooden end of theroller were to I bear against the side piece A the friction would beconsiderable, and thus make it harder work for the washer-woman.

It'must be borne in mind that rollers having` friction produce morerubbing action upon the clothes, and this' rubbing Wears the fabrie, andis very injurious to clothes of fine texture. The outside dirtis veryeasily washed from clothes but the water must pass through or out of thefabric with a Sudden motion, or rushing like a stream or current, inorder to Wash out the dirtfrom interior fibers of the fabric.

Having described my invention, I claim In a Wash-board, theabove-descrihed metallic bearing F for the ends of the metallic journalsD, for the purpose of diminishing friction from the end play of therollers E, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I afix my signature inpresence of two witness'es.

LEMUEL BURRILL.

VVitnesses:

DANIEL BREED, WM. L. BRAMHALL.

